They’re my flesh and blood
I know this in my heart
They were scared, torn apart
So they left me behind

Dark, deep and desolate despair descends
Still to this day I don’t know from where you came

You watch over me when I’m lost in the dark
Carry my essence through fire
Sent on my way with your strength in my heart
Life carries on, I know you
watch over me when I’m lost in the dark
Carry my poor soul through fire
Sent on my way with your strength in my heart
When lost in the dark you shelter me

Along the winding road
that disappears ahead
I walk on
I don’t belong here anymore

Dry, drab and dreary—Dead, deserted dreams
My misfortune and my end must meet

You watch over me when I’m lost in the dark
You carry my essence through fire
Sent on my way with your strength in my heart
Life carries on, I know you
watch over me when I’m lost in the dark
You carry my poor soul through fire
Sent on my way with your strength in my heart
Lost in the dark you shelter me

Shelter me
Oh, shelter me
from the pouring rain
from the chilling wind
from imagining

Another day went by just yesterday
Another night goes by too fast
And every day presents the same bleak face
We never seem to catch a break

Life wears you down
Without a doubtAnd tears you up

Though it seems this never ends
How everyone pretends
There’s no limit to how much we can endure
No one’s equal that’s for sure
We don’t choose where we’re born
And tonight we’re all but beggars at the door

Coming home with empty hands today
They’re closing down the factory floor
It’s never easy livin’ day to day
A hard day’s work should count for more

Life chews you up
Then spits you out

This is your life
This is your song
Oh , this is your life
This is where every thing goes wrong
Where every thing goes wrong

Some say we’re born into this world alone
Our souls descend to be caged inside this flesh and bone
but I believe we’re friends from ages past and far beyond
We meet downstream life’s brief dream
to carry on what’s left undone

This love has no beginning
This love knows no end
This love burns with a fire
Oh love—Love, love is timeless

Time and space bend to our destiny
We don’t need words
In your eyes I see just what I feel
And I believe love’s harmony
and this goes way beyond
And hand in hand we make our stand
to carry out what we began

Life is short and time flies
But I know love can clear almost any sky

This love has no beginning
This love knows no end
This love burns with a fire
Oh love—Love is timeless

I see the shadows of the night
Coming down like rain
Drowning all the world in darkness
And as the daylight slowly dies
I ask myself again
How did life turn into this madness?

Oh, Heaven is so far
Will we ever reach its holy light
before it is too late?
Oh, we’re movin’ on so fast
The more we live we learn
Although we love, we also hate

It’s not too hard to see
to imagine what it takes
To change the way we live
But do we ever try?
As long as we are twice removed
Expertly distancing the pain
Too far away, just one wall thick
And we’re all blind and deaf

At ease!
This show goes on foreverThat’s right!
That’s right; Our world’s in tears

I see the shadows of the night
Coming down like rain
Drowning all the world in darkness
And as the daylight slowly dies
I ask myself again
How did life turn into this madness?

We’ve got so much—Want ever more
And you wonder what’s amiss
There’s an emptiness inside
that only love can fill
We know this oh, so well
and it’s the only way
Inside your heart and mind
I know you hear Earth’s children sing

With every step we take they echo louder
It’s time to make our final choice

And I see madness in the light
evaporating rain
Blinding all the world in its madness
And as compassion slowly dies
I ask myself again
Can I forgive? Can I forget?
Shadows of the night
Shadows of the night

They fall to night
They drown in light
They set you up for sure
That’s right
You are
You know you are
Shadows of the night